Social Media Language Mutations
- Par Vubem Fred
- 27 août 2019 13:38
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A new type of writing has developed, mixing letters with figures for economy of diction
The advent of social media has ushered a change in writing which is beginning to affect conventional language and at the same time hampering the ability of students to write properly in school. Out of the desire to make the messages snappy, people write combining letters with figures thereby giving birth to a new type of writing specifically used on Facebook or WhatsApp. It is common to see people write “from me 2 u” meaning from me to you; “UWC” meaning you are welcomed, “4 life” meaning for life, “kk” meaning okay or “sm1” to mean someone. The list is in exhaustive as the examples are abound.
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At times the messages is accompanied by emoji’s e.g. an emoji with closed lips would depict sadness; with the mouth wide open depicts happiness or laughter and a small red coloured heart to depict love. There are other emojis to depict other human emotions like confusion, likeness or disapproval or a flame to depict fire.
The danger with this form of writing is that it is beginning to make inroads into conventional writing such as the French dis-indebtedness programme referred to as C2D, G8, G11, 24/7 meaning twenty-four hours a day weekly. Even companies are beginning to have names combining letters and figures such G4S Securitor, France 24, Canal 2, Africa 24
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